Now that we’re back on standard time, nighttime begins a full hour earlier. In the Duluth region, the sky is dark by 6:30 p.m. The upside is that we can stargaze early and not worry about losing sleep. The downside is colder temperatures. Be sure to dress warmly. Chemical hand warmers tucked into gloves and boots really help make your time spent outdoors more bearable. Battery-operated electric gloves are another excellent option.

Saturn is now high in the south as early as 7:30 p.m. local time. Through a telescope, the rings are nearly edge-on and so thin they look like a fine, white line bisecting the planet. Jupiter is up in the northeastern sky around 10:30 p.m. in early November; by month’s end, it rises much earlier, around 9 p.m. Venus is slipping away, moving back in the direction

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